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Markets are shrugging off the Israel-Iran conflict. Some strategists warn of complacency
Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty Images Global investors may be underpricing the impact of a conflict between Israel and Iran, market watchers warned on Monday, as stocks rallied despite escalating warfare […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Financial markets seem to find their footing after digesting Israeli strikes
Smoke rises in the distance following an Israeli airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on June 14, 2025. \ Khoshiran | Afp | Getty Images Israel’s airstrikes on Iran Friday sent reverberations through financial markets. Oil prices jumped on fears that supply from Iran, the world’s ninth-largest oil producer in 2023, would be disrupted. Prices of gold, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Israel’s conflict with Iran sends tremors through markets
Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty Images Israel’s airstrikes on Iran Friday sent reverberations through financial markets. Oil prices jumped on fears that supply from Iran, the world’s ninth-largest oil […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open subdued as Israel-Iran tensions dent investor sentiment
Beijing Central Business District, mix of offices and apartments Ispyfriend | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open subdued Monday, as the escalating Israel-Iran tensions weigh down investors’ sentiment. Oil prices jumped as Israel and Iran exchanged strikes, while gold prices rallied, as investors sought refuge in the safe haven metal with […]
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Oil prices jump more than 3%, adding to last week’s surge, as Israel strikes Iran energy facilities
Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty Images Crude oil futures jumped more than 3% Sunday after Israel struck two natural gas facilities in Iran, raising fears that the war will […]
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Middle East conflict barely rattles resilient stock market
Did the market’s stiff upper lip finally waver on Friday, as a characteristic rush to buy a morning dip failed by the close in the face of air attacks between Israel and Iran? Things will have to slacken a bit more from here to draw this conclusion, given that the S & P 500 lost […]
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Where can equity investors hide as Israel and Iran take aim at each other?
As equity markets broadly declined after Israel and Iran took aim at each other – some sectors and stocks are bucking the trend. The attack, which reportedly killed senior Iranian military and scientific figures, prompted an immediate flight to safety in financial markets. Brent crude , the international oil benchmark, jumped 7% to $78.50 a […]
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Iran launches 100 drones at Israel in response to missile attack as markets reel
Traffic flows on a highway in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 13, 2025 following reported Israeli strikes targeting Iran early in the morning. AFP | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory Friday morning after Israel’s overnight missile strike on the country killed at least […]
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Oil prices surge 11% on heels of Israeli strikes
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader. Office Of The Iranian Supreme Le | Via Reuters Crude oil futures jumped as much as 13% Thursday evening after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran without U.S. support. U.S. West Texas Intermediate last […]
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Oil prices rise more than 4% on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions
Crude oil storage tanks at the Juaymah Tank Farm in Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia, in 2018. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures rose more than 4% Wednesday as tensions escalated between the U.S. and Iran, with President Donald Trump expressing doubt that […]
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